Shippensburg Speedway Inc.

2012 Go-Kart Rules  

1. No driving in the pit area!!!!!  Drivers must come to a complete stop before entering the scales.  Penalty will be at track discretion.  Please move through the scale area as quickly as possible.  1 person per cart only is allowed to assist in the scale area. No body is allowed to enter scale area until allowed by scale attendant.

2. If drivers are 15 years of age before the first point’s race, they must run a senior class. Jr. Classes must run in their age-restricted class unless authorized by track personnel. If you run in a higher class for more than 3 weeks you may not move back.

3. If rained out any class completing their heat races will receive feature points for that race and awards will be given for the heat race. Any class not completing their heats entry will be honored for the next week only, unless notifying track personnel before leaving the track.  If rained out in mid-feature, feature finishes will be used for the features completed and heat finished will be used for the rest of the class not able to run their features. Pit passes are honored for the next week only and arm bands with serial numbers must be shown only if no classes have started their heats before cancellation. Kart entries will be honored for heats that have not been completed.

4. Each karter is allowed one re-start after the initial green flag. If you stall within the 3 minutes of initial green, this start is not counted as your re-start. We allow three tries to restart then you are done.

5. All karts and drivers must pass a safety inspection. Most items to be inspected are: all drivers must have a way to shut off motor while strapped in. All rod end bearings will have a larger washer to prevent center bearing from falling out. All steering bolts must be cotter pinned or safety wired. Weights must be safely secured. Chain and clutch guards must be installed. Two cycles must have a third bearing support or adequate safety shield to contain clutch if crank breaks.

6. Nose cones are allowed. WKA seat rules apply. Catch can are mandatory. WKA motors rules apply. In junior classes’ body, steering wheel height & faring permitted at track discretion only. All jr. restricted cage class will be allowed the bolt on style roll cages as long as they weld the cage to the frame. 2001 WKA champ rules apply for adult classes. 

7.  NO SWERVING ON FRONT STRETCH.   All karts must drive in a straight line between the white lines.  1^st offense, you will be moved to the rear.  Second offense is at the track’s discretion.

8. TECH: All protesting must be done before kart being protested leaves scales. Protest money and kart to be torn down will be handed to scale person or pit Stewart only. If a different kart motor was used in heat race than was used in the feature, both motors will be torn down. If the motor is illegal, the protester gets his money back and the offender will be disqualified. If the motor is legal, the protester loses his money to the accused. If the illegal kart ran in multiple classes, the kart is disqualified in all classes that it would be illegal in. Decisions of the tech man are final in all protests and all protest techs will be done that night.  Protest fees are $25.00 for top end tear down (stroke and cam) top end (down to crank and rod) plus $10.00 for the tech man and $75.00 for the complete tear down plus $25.00 for tech man. $15.00 for fuel and restrictor ($12.00 plus $3.00 for the tech man). If promoter thinks fuel smells illegal, fuel may be disqualified on smell alone. If motor is found to be illegal, then the offender pays. Only tech man and kart owner or mechanic is allowed in the tech area during tear down. NO LOITERING!!! If found illegal 1^st offense, loss of points for night & fine of initial tech fee 2^nd offense loss of season points & suspension for remainder of year. All fines must be paid before reentering track facility.

NOTE: IF YOU WANT TO RUN ANY CLASS NOT LISTED AND YOU CAN PROVIDE 4 OR MORE ENTURIES WE WILL RUN THE CLASS.

NOTE: ANYTHING NOT COVERED IN THESE SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE TO THE DISCRETION OF THE TRACK TECHNICAL PERSONNEL WITHOUT RECOURSES FROM ANY DRIVER OR OWNER ALL SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL ROGER GETTEL AT (717) 532-8581